562: Chapter 100 Cultivation it is 562: Chapter 100 Cultivation it is The youth lowered his voice and began to speak word by word, uttering the deepest vow in his heart.
He stared intensely at the distant old man.
Perhaps sensing something…
from far away, Zheng Fengsheng, pushing a wheelchair, changed direction and turned his head to look towards the higher slope of the hill.
Chu Guo immediately changed his expression to a lazy smile, waved his hand, and greeted with an indifferent shout.
Actually, old Zheng couldn’t see clearly.
The radiance was too intense; against the light, he could only see the silhouette of the youth sitting cross-legged at the mountaintop, his clothes fluttering in the wind, and with the waving of his hand, multitudes of petals surged like waves from there.
The strong wind blew, and the sunlight was brilliant.
Another new day had come.
“Do you wish to cultivate?”
Xie Xuanyi suddenly asked.
This question was beyond Chu Guo’s expectation.
He was startled, looking incredulously at the young man beside him.
“Cultivate?”
Chu Guo was bewildered.
He had met several Immortal Masters and had experienced the unfathomable aspects of Immortal Techniques…
For ordinary people, the word ‘cultivate’ was revered and weighty as a thousand jun.
He never thought he would have the chance to cultivate.
“If you were also a cultivator.”
Xie Xuanyi said softly, “The issues troubling you at the moment would likely become much simpler.”
“Almost forgot, I have a formidable old dad…”
Chu Guo chuckled: “Can I cultivate?
I heard that cultivators must test for a ‘Spirit Root’, I wouldn’t be discarded because I lack a Spirit Root, would I?”
“Who told you that?”
Xie Xuanyi frowned: “That’s not the case.”
Da Sui Sword Palace recruits disciples based on aptitude, karma, and also fate.
The matter of Spirit Roots…
Only the Taoist sects talk about this.
However, as far as he knew, even the Taoist sects do not make Spirit Roots the sole criterion for accepting disciples.
“That’s what the street chronicles write.”
Chu Guo curled his lip: “Published by Fangyuan Square, could it be false?”
“Read less of those things…”
After a moment of silence, Xie Xuanyi said, “How could the matters of the Cultivation World be written out entirely for ordinary folks to read?”
“I was saying…”
Chu Guo sighed and then slowly put away his smile.
He earnestly voiced out four words.
“I want to cultivate.”
Xie Xuanyi’s response was simple, without adding drama to the atmosphere, nor providing much explanation.
He just casually replied with four words.
“Then cultivate.”
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“Lord Meng!”
“Yuan Ning County has been searched through ninety percent…
So far, Xie Zhen’s figure has not been found!”
At the summit of a certain small mountain in Yuan Province, a voice reporting echoed.
The complexion of Du Yunzhong was grim, he stared hard at the unfolded map of Yuan Province in front of him.
Meng Kejian, with his hands behind his back, squinted at the dazzling array of marks on the map and began to check carefully.
Fifteen days have passed since the chaos at Qixia Mountain.
Almost the entire Yuan Province has been turned over!
Wherever the Iron Cavalry went, Buddhist temples were destroyed, leaving marks on the map at every site of pillage!
“How is this possible?”
After thinking a long time, Du Yunzhong still couldn’t quite understand: “We’ve almost finished with Yuan Ning County too, still no harvest, where in the world did Xie Zhen escape to?
Did he flee back to Anyang again?”
“Impossible!”
Meng Kejian took a deep breath.
He closed his eyes, organized his thoughts, and slowly said: “The ‘String Plate’ provided by the Great General showed a response in Yuan Ning County.
That kid must be hiding in Yuan Ning County.”
Four county territories.
During the search of the first three, the String Plate showed no unusual signs.
But…
Yuan Ning is after all the size of an entire county!
No matter how many Iron Cavalry there are, it’s simply not possible to truly turn over every inch of land!
“That would be quite strange…”
With a heavy voice, Du Yunzhong commented: “Xie Zhen, carrying Mi Yun on the run, logically speaking, should have made contact with the Fan Yin Temple the moment he escaped Qixia Mountain…
The Buddhist temples in Yuan Ning County have nearly all been trampled by the Iron Cavalry.
Every time a temple was trampled, it was either you or I personally supervising the battle, and with the ‘String Plate’ in presence.
These days, the String Plate hasn’t triggered a second vibration.”
“The Karma Principle…”
Meng Kejian recalled the words of the Great General.
He murmured: “The Great General said, that little monk called ‘Mi Yun’ inherited Saint Tanluan’s ‘Karma Principle’.”
Du Yunzhong is a straightforward man.
“To hell with whatever principle!”
He grew impatient, his voice hoarse: “A little brat of six or seven years old, could he have sprouted wings and flown away?!”
“Didn’t you find it strange when you set the ambush at Treasure Bottle Mouth?”
Meng Kejian massaged his brow and suddenly spoke.
This question.
Stumped Du Yunzhong.
Indeed strange…
The Fan Yin Temple delegation stopped one mile short of the Treasure Bottle Mouth narrow path, barely sensing that something was amiss.
He had thought it was the negotiation between Nalan Qiutong and Xie Zhen that exposed the ambush by the Camp Cang at the Treasure Bottle Mouth!
But that doesn’t make sense.
If the Fan Yin Temple delegation discovered hostiles, why would they approach so close?
“Are you saying…
The ambush at Treasure Bottle Mouth was discovered because of the ‘Karma Principle’?”
After Du Yunzhong spoke out, cold sweat seeped from his back.
Two Reincarnated True People, and the first on the Heavenly Pride List, all failed to detect the ambush at Treasure Bottle Mouth!
An ambush meticulously arranged by Nalan Xuance.
And it was seen through by a tender child!
If this is true.
The Karma Principle is indeed somewhat terrifying.
“To pursue good fortune and avoid disaster.”
Meng Kejian said softly, “We have no choice but to believe, this is the power of the ‘Karma Principle’…
and thus, the reason Xie Zhen escaped Qixia Mountain can also be explained.”
Using the Karma Principle, forcefully creating a Transmission Array.
If it’s about pursuing good fortune and avoiding disaster…
Then naturally, the most suitable place for “escaping” will be found.
“Wait a moment…”
Du Yunzhong extended his palm, wiping the sweat from his forehead, and gritted his teeth: “So the reason we drew a blank in the first three territories…
Was it destined?”